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Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 20:09 in education, teaching, pedagogy, philosophy
I was revisiting my own teaching philosophy earlier today and began to wonder what other educators thought was important in guiding their own practice. I came across an article that asked some pertinent questions and helped me to clarify the validity...
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Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 20:42 in education, teaching, learning, community, tribes, collaborative learning
After reading Bill Jefferson’s post on Tribes I got quite a response from Australian Tribes educators (just see the comments section in Bill’s post!) One of the most respected Tribes Trainers in Australia, Coleen Davidge has kindly submi...
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Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 01:23 in education, learning, agreements, tribes, collarorative
The Tribes TLC is mainly a process that incorporates a community-like structure. The purpose of this is to enhance positive social and academic development by creating a healthy learning environment. Each classroom is assigned active learning groups ...
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Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 23:49 in books, reading, development, self development
I like to share books with others, especially books that have had a big impact on my life. I know that not all (if any) may appeal to you and that they may not even be the sort of book you would read. What I am interested in is the type of books you...
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Posted on Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 04:13 in education, school, self development, leadership, teacher
In a leadership meeting last week we had (yet again) an unannounced guest speaker. In these circumstances you don’t know what you are going to get! It was Denise Wilcowski the head of the Territory’s Association of Educational School Lea...
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Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 03:26 in NLP, self development, boring, hypnosis, meetings, top 10
I used to be a ’shocker’. I was the immature ratbag that couldn’t control himself when in a meeting or presentation that was mind numbingly BORING. As Joseph Alvarado states in his Blog ‘One Crazy Teacher to Another’, &...
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This blog is written by a man who desires to make a difference in the world, and is doing do. It is in many ways noble and important and yet at times warmly humorous, with a total Aussie sense of humor. I love hearing the Aussie slang: "Rat-Bag" and more.... I lived in Oz for many years and visiting this site was like going home. I also like the variety, the honesty and the caring all mixed together. Just refreshing.
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